2006 French Open – Men's singles

Men's singles
Men's singles
2006 French Open
Final
Champion	Rafael Nadal
Runner-up	Roger Federer
Score	1–6, 6–1, 6–4, 7–6(7–4)
Details
Seeds	32
Events

Defending champion Rafael Nadal defeated Roger Federer in the final, 1–6, 6–1, 6–4, 7–6^(7–4) to win the men's singles tennis title at the 2006 French Open.^[1] It was his second French Open title and second major title overall. It was the first of three consecutive years Nadal and Federer would contest the French Open final. This marked Federer's first defeat in a major final; he was attempting to complete the career Grand Slam and to become the first man since Rod Laver in 1969 to hold all four major titles at once, having won the preceding Wimbledon, US Open and Australian Open titles. The latter feat would ultimately be achieved a decade later by Novak Djokovic, at the same tournament, who here reached the quarterfinals at a major for the first time.

The tournament marked the first appearance of future US Open champion Juan Martín del Potro in a major main draw. It also saw the first match contested between Djokovic and Nadal, who would go on to play an Open Era record 59 matches against each other.

Seeds edit

01.

Roger Federer (final)

02.

Rafael Nadal (champion)

03.

David Nalbandian (semifinals, retired because of a strained abdominal muscle)

04.

Ivan Ljubičić (semifinals)

05.

Andy Roddick (first round, retired because of a left ankle injury)

06.

Nikolay Davydenko (quarterfinals)

07.

Tommy Robredo (fourth round)

08.

James Blake (third round)

09.

Fernando González (second round)

10.

Gastón Gaudio (fourth round)

11.

Radek Štěpánek (third round)

12.

Mario Ančić (quarterfinals)

13.

Nicolas Kiefer (third round, retired because of a left wrist injury)

14.

Lleyton Hewitt (fourth round)

15.

David Ferrer (third round)

16.

Jarkko Nieminen (first round, retired because of a stomach problem)

17.

Robby Ginepri (first round)

18.

Thomas Johansson (first round)

19.

Marcos Baghdatis (second round)

20.

Tomáš Berdych (fourth round)

21.

Sébastien Grosjean (second round)

22.

Dominik Hrbatý (third round)

23.

Tommy Haas (third round)

24.

Juan Carlos Ferrero (third round)

25.

Gaël Monfils (fourth round)

26.

José Acasuso (second round)

27.

Olivier Rochus (third round)

28.

Fernando Verdasco (second round)

29.

Paul-Henri Mathieu (third round)

30.

Carlos Moyá (third round)

31.

Dmitry Tursunov (third round)

32.

Nicolás Massú (third round)

Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.

Qualifying edit

Draw edit

Key edit

Finals edit

Quarterfinals						Semifinals					Final

1	Roger Federer	6	6	6

12	Mario Ančić	4	3	4
						1	Roger Federer	3	6	5

						3	David Nalbandian	6	4	2^r
3	David Nalbandian	6	6	2	6

6	Nikolay Davydenko	3	3	6	4
											1	Roger Federer	6	1	4	6⁴

											2	Rafael Nadal	1	6	6	7⁷
	Julien Benneteau	2	2	3

4	Ivan Ljubičić	6	6	6
						4	Ivan Ljubičić	4	2	6⁷

						2	Rafael Nadal	6	6	7⁹
	Novak Djokovic	4	4	0^r

2	Rafael Nadal	6	6	0

Top half edit

Section 1 edit

First round							Second round							Third round						Fourth round

1	R Federer	7	7⁷	6
Q	D Hartfield	5	6²	2			1	R Federer	6	6	6
LL	A Falla	6	6	6			LL	A Falla	1	4	3
	J Gimelstob	4	4	2										1	R Federer	6	6	6⁴	7
	G Müller	3	1	6³										32	N Massú	1	2	7⁷	5
	M Mirnyi	6	6	7⁷				M Mirnyi	4	5	4
	X Malisse	1	5	6	6	7	32	N Massú	6	7	6
32	N Massú	6	7	1	4	9														1	R Federer	6	6	6
20	T Berdych	6	6	6																20	T Berdych	3	2	3
	F López	2	4	3			20	T Berdych	6	6	6
Q	K Pless	4	6⁰	4				F Volandri	3	1	1
	F Volandri	6	7⁷	6										20	T Berdych	6	0
WC	M Gicquel	7	7⁸	6										13	N Kiefer	1	0^r
	A di Mauro	5	6⁶	3			WC	M Gicquel	0	1	7	6	9
	J Melzer	6⁴	3	1			13	N Kiefer	6	6	5	3	11
13	N Kiefer	7⁷	6	6

Section 2 edit

First round							Second round							Third round					Fourth round

12	M Ančić	6	4	7⁷	6
WC	N Healey	3	6	6³	1		12	M Ančić	7	6	7⁷
	P Capdeville	6	6	4	7⁹			P Capdeville	5	3	6³
	G Rusedski	3	1	6	6⁷									12	M Ančić	6	6	6
	F Mayer	6	0	6⁴	6	5									A Montañés	1	2	4
Q	S Galvani	4	6	7⁷	3	7	Q	S Galvani	5	1	6	6	4
	A Montañés	6	6²	6	6			A Montañés	7	6	3	2	6
17	R Ginepri	3	7⁷	1	4														12	M Ančić	6	4	2	6	7
26	J Acasuso	6	6	3	1	11													7	T Robredo	4	6	6	4	5
	F Santoro	3	1	6	6	9	26	J Acasuso	6	6²	3	1
	L Dlouhý	4	6	3	7⁷	6		L Dlouhý	4	7⁷	6	6
	K Vliegen	6	4	6	6⁵	2									L Dlouhý	1	4	2
	B Pašanski	4	3	4										7	T Robredo	6	6	6
Q	I Bozoljac	6	6	6			Q	I Bozoljac	5	2	6	1
	T Zíb	4	2	2			7	T Robredo	7	6	3	6
7	T Robredo	6	6	6

Section 3 edit

First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round

3	D Nalbandian	6	7⁷	6
	S Wawrinka	2	6⁵	4			3	D Nalbandian	6	3	7	6
	R Gasquet	6	6	7				R Gasquet	2	6	5	0
	Y-t Wang	4	1	5										3	D Nalbandian	2	5	6	6	6
	K Carlsen	3	4	6	4									31	D Tursunov	6	7	4	2	4
	T Henman	6	6	4	6			T Henman	3	2	6	4
	J Novák	2	3	2			31	D Tursunov	6	6	4	6
31	D Tursunov	6	6	6																	3	D Nalbandian	6	6	6
21	S Grosjean	6	6	6																	Q	M Vassallo Argüello	4	4	4
	A Pavel	3	2	3			21	S Grosjean	6	4	6	5	2
Q	M Vassallo Argüello	6	6	6			Q	M Vassallo Argüello	1	6	4	7	6
	P Goldstein	2	0	3										Q	M Vassallo Argüello	2	6	6	3	6
	W Moodie	6	6⁵	6⁵	7⁷	2									R Sluiter	6	4	3	6	1
	N Lapentti	4	7⁷	7⁷	6⁵	6		N Lapentti	1	4	1
	R Sluiter	6	7⁸	2				R Sluiter	6	6	6
16	J Nieminen	2	6⁶	1^r

Section 4 edit

First round							Second round							Third round					Fourth round

10	G Gaudio	6	6	6
Q	R Karanušić	2	2	2			10	G Gaudio	6	6⁵	6	3	6
	A Seppi	4	6	6	5	1	Q	E Korolev	3	7⁷	4	6	4
Q	E Korolev	6	2	3	7	6								10	G Gaudio	7	7	7⁹
	O Marach	3	5	7⁸	2									24	JC Ferrero	5	5	6⁷
	P Kohlschreiber	6	7	6⁶	6			P Kohlschreiber	2	4	2
Q	JM del Potro	3	6	2	4		24	JC Ferrero	6	6	6
24	JC Ferrero	6	2	6	6														10	G Gaudio	3	4	6	3
30	C Moyá	7	6	6															6	N Davydenko	6	6	3	6
	JA Marín	5	3	3			30	C Moyá	6	6	6
Q	S Tuksar	3	3	6	0			M Youzhny	3	4	2
	M Youzhny	6	6	3	6									30	C Moyá	1	5	3
	F Saretta	6²	2	6	7⁷	6								6	N Davydenko	6	7	6
	P Starace	7⁷	6	4	6¹	3		F Saretta	2	1^r
	V Spadea	5	4	4			6	N Davydenko	6	4
6	N Davydenko	7	6	6

Bottom half edit

Section 5 edit

First round						Second round							Third round							Fourth round

5	A Roddick	4	5	0^r
	A Martín	6	7	1			A Martín	6	6	6
Q	D Kindlmann	6	6	6		Q	D Kindlmann	3	3	3
	R Sabău	3	2	2										A Martín	7	4	6⁵	6	6
	N Mahut	3	6³	7⁷	6³								27	O Rochus	5	6	7⁷	1	4
	J Vaněk	6	7⁷	6⁵	7⁷		J Vaněk	2	0	2
WC	J-C Faurel	1	4	2		27	O Rochus	6	6	6
27	O Rochus	6	6	6																	A Martín	1^r
19	M Baghdatis	6	6	6⁵	6																J Benneteau	5
	A Portas	4	4	7⁷	1	19	M Baghdatis	6	4	3	7⁷	4
	J Tipsarević	2	4	7⁷	3		J Benneteau	3	6	6	6¹	6
	J Benneteau	6	6	6⁵	6									J Benneteau	5	7	7¹⁰	6
	D Bracciali	6	6¹⁰	3	3								11	R Štěpánek	7	5	6⁸	3
	D Sanguinetti	3	7¹²	6	6		D Sanguinetti	3	3	1
WC	M Llodra	4	4	2		11	R Štěpánek	6	6	6
11	R Štěpánek	6	6	6

Section 6 edit

First round							Second round						Third round							Fourth round

15	D Ferrer	7	6	6
	G García López	5	1	0			15	D Ferrer	6	6	3	6
	J Björkman	2	5	2			WC	J Chardy	1	4	6	1
WC	J Chardy	6	7	6									15	D Ferrer	6⁴	5	4
WC	T Ascione	6⁷	4	7⁸	3									R Ramírez Hidalgo	7⁷	7	6
	R Ramírez Hidalgo	7⁹	6	6⁶	6			R Ramírez Hidalgo	5
	C Rochus	3	5	6	6	6		C Rochus	2^r
18	T Johansson	6	7	4	4	2															R Ramírez Hidalgo	3	6	3	2
28	F Verdasco	6	6	6⁶	6															4	I Ljubičić	6	3	6	6
	JI Chela	1	3	7⁸	4		28	F Verdasco	6	4	4	1
	J Mónaco	6	6	6				J Mónaco	4	6	6	6
LL	M van Gemerden	3	2	4										J Mónaco	6	7	3	4	2
Q	Ó Hernández	6	6	6									4	I Ljubičić	4	5	6	6	6
	G Simon	4	2	3			Q	Ó Hernández	3	7⁹	1	2
	C Berlocq	2	0	3			4	I Ljubičić	6	6⁷	6	6
4	I Ljubičić	6	6	6

Section 7 edit

First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round

8	J Blake	6	6	7⁷
	P Srichaphan	0	4	6³			8	J Blake	6⁵	6	6	6
	N Almagro	7	6	6				N Almagro	7⁷	2	4	4
Q	W Arthurs	5	2	2										8	J Blake	2	7⁷	6¹	7	4
Q	E Massa	1	3	3										25	G Monfils	6	6²	7⁷	5	6
Q	D Norman	6	6	6			Q	D Norman	6	3	7⁷	0	5
	A Murray	4	7⁷	6	2	1	25	G Monfils	4	6	6⁴	6	7
25	G Monfils	6	6²	1	6	6															25	G Monfils	6⁵	6⁵	3
23	T Haas	6	6	6																		N Djokovic	7⁷	7⁷	6
	R Schüttler	4	3	3			23	T Haas	6	7	6⁶	6
	A Waske	6	4	7⁸	7⁷			A Waske	4	5	7⁸	4
	F Vicente	4	6	6⁶	6⁴									23	T Haas	5	1	6⁴
	N Djokovic	6	5												N Djokovic	7	6	7⁷
	L Horna	3	0^r					N Djokovic	6	6	3	4	6
	M Safin	3	6	3	1		9	F González	4	1	6	6	1
9	F González	6	1	6	6

Section 8 edit

First round							Second round							Third round						Fourth round

14	L Hewitt	7⁷	3	6	6
	J Hernych	6⁵	6	2	0		14	L Hewitt	7	6	6
WC	M Montcourt	6	6	1	6		WC	M Montcourt	5	3	3
	M Daniel	2	4	6	2									14	L Hewitt	7⁷	6	6
	I Karlović	7⁸	7⁷	7¹²										22	D Hrbatý	6⁵	2	2
WC	O Patience	6⁶	6¹	6¹⁰				I Karlović	6	4	7⁷	5	2
Q	S Roitman	4	2	6	6	3	22	D Hrbatý	4	6	6²	7	6
22	D Hrbatý	6	6	3	2	6														14	L Hewitt	2	7	4	2
29	P-H Mathieu	6	6	6																2	R Nadal	6	5	6	6
	B Phau	4	2	1			29	P-H Mathieu	6	7⁷	7⁸
	R Vik	1	6	5	4			F Serra	0	6⁵	6⁶
	F Serra	6	1	7	6									29	P-H Mathieu	7	4	4	4
LL	K Kim	7	6	6⁴	7⁷									2	R Nadal	5	6	6	6
Q	J Silva	5	2	7⁷	6³		LL	K Kim	2	1	4
	R Söderling	2	5	1			2	R Nadal	6	6	6
2	R Nadal	6	7	6

References edit

^ Bierley, Steve (12 June 2006). "Nadal wipes out Federer's hopes of history". The Guardian. Retrieved 4 February 2024.

External links edit

Preceded by 2006 Australian Open – Men's singles	Grand Slam men's singles	Succeeded by 2006 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles

[1] Bierley, Steve (12 June 2006). "Nadal wipes out Federer's hopes of history". The Guardian. Retrieved 4 February 2024.

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